Wire fencing.



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A-PPLIOATION FILED we. 2a, 1903.

no MODEL.

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Patented. April '5, 1904..

UNiTn STATES" PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH W. SOMMER, OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS.

WIRE FENCING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 756,540, dated April 5,1904.

Application filed August 28, 1903- To aZZ whmn it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH W. SoMMER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Peoria, in the county of Peoria and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Wire Fencing; and I dohere by declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, Which will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has reference to wire fencing, and relates particularlyto afencing consisting of longitudinal strands of Wire tied together inpairs by transverse strands or stays that are wound or coiled at theirends about two of the longitudinal strands, the stays being arranged inbreak-joint fashion.

A further object of the invention is to coil the ends of the shortsections of stays wrapped around the same strands in the samelongitudinal direction, which presents a fencing with stays inbreak-joint fashion having the ends of the stay-sections coiled aroundalternate strands over and under.

That the invention may be more fully understood reference is had to theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 shows a side elevation of asection of a fence embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a plan or edgeview of such fencing. Fig. 3 shows somewhat enlarged opposite views of astay-section and the manner of coiling its ends around adjacent strandWires. Fig. 4 shows a side view of parts seen in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is anelevation in section as the coil would appear on the line X X, Fig. 4.

In the drawings, 1 and 2 designate a series of horizontal parallelstrand-wires, the former numeral denoting the top and bottom wires andthe latter the intermediate strands. It is adapted to construct thefencing to have graduated or variable meshes; but this is not absolutelynecessary, as the strands may be spaced uniformly apart, if desired.

3 denotes short sections of stays which appear in the fencing (seeFig. 1) in break-joint fashion or oifset and have their opposite endscoiled around adjacent strand-wires at ito form a hinge-joint, whichprevents the fence being sprung permanently out of shape by Serial No.171,108. (No model.)

stock running against the same. The opposite ends of each stay-sectionare coiled around adjacent strands with the free ends of its coildirected toward its opposite coil or in opposite directions. The coilsof the stay-sections are wrapped closely to the body of the strand, withthe free end of the coil bearing against the strand, as seen in thefigures. Reference is had to Fig. 1,where the coils of the ends ofadjacent stay-sections with the same horizontal strand are directed inthe same direction around the strand, being over or under, whichpresents a fence wherethe coils of the staysections, with alternatestrands, appear in opposite directions over and under, with the coils ofeach stay-section being directed in the same longitudinal direction oneach strand. The arrows shown on the second and third strandwires, Fig.1, illustrate thealternate over and under coil, as described.

Heretofore in fencing of this character the alternate coils of thestay-sections with the same horizontal strand-wires have been inopposite directions. Ihave done away with this form of coiling thestay-sections by the method employed in carrying the strand-wires andfeeding the stay-sections thereto. The strandwires are fed throughcoilers, each alternate coiler of the'series rotating in an oppositedirection. The sections of a break-jointed stay, or those sections of astay spanning the alternate spaces between the strands in a verticalline, are fed simultaneously andalternately with those in the nextvertical line, which brings the ends of adjacent stay-sections to beactuated successively by the same coilers and directs all such coilsaround the same strand-wires in the same direction over or under.

The strand-wires are corrugated sidewise, as at 5, which is better thancorrugating them vertically, the latter method giving the fence anirregular appearance and making some of the meshes larger than thespacings call for, the corrugations in the wires of the fence providingfor the necessary contraction and expansion of the fence.

Employing the stay-sections, asI do, to produce a coil moving in thesame direction when they connect with the same strand-wire enthe ends ofsucceeding stay-sections coiled around coinciding strands in the samedirec tion, While the coils of the opposite ends of such stay-sectionswith adjoining strands are I5 in an opposite direction but uniformly inthe same direction With all the coils on such ad- I joining strands,substantially as specified.

In testimony WhereofI afiiX my signature in presence of tWo Witnesses.

' JOSEPH W. SOMMER. Witnesses:

OHAs. F. BAILEY, L. WILSON.

